The Great Naval Guns.

Manawatu Herald, 2 January 1900, Page 2

The Great Naval Guns.

Has the ingenuity of a handfuSji naval officers, asks tbe Lou .* . .n P-4^S Telegraph of 10th Novomber, gi^| us a field gun of unequalled pov-W and how have they effected tbe traaaß formation ? These two quest qgg and other subsidiary ones, have b^y much discussed since the neV5 vi j|l| effective assistance of the Naval ]£|9 o-ade at Ladysmith reachedtfch ; -;e|||ja try, and curiosity was further pi*|||a by the intelligence that acme 4|BB| guns from one or other of the Jjjfß ships off the South African flgS have been • landed ..-&1 Sui*u.*u:-. and successfully mouaicd foi. "-^fl field guns. In sopue qu!*.rtevJ|M achievement was regarded a& -^^H possibility, but those best »>bl^H judge — naval officers who are qfJH fied in gunnery, and almost eaH| warship has such an officer appoi*|H to her — look upon the conveisiori^H the 4.7 in. quick-firer — praetiealljM gun of position — into a field wea«B as a triumph of ingenuity ondJH sourceiulness, but by no means vJM impossibility. The 4.7 in. gun is one of the ?*■■ beautiful weapons in the world^H it works with an ease that is iraa^H lous. It forms the main arEianflß of aU except the largest «srui| BUM